In summary, 2 of our starters have been ridiculously better than league average. Verlander and Porcello have been significantly better than league average. And our 5th starter, Smyly, has been slightly better than league average. Our main 2 relievers are also better than average with Al Al and Reed close to average. Except for Coke, our pitching has been about as good as it gets.

And Robbie Ray, in his debut, has inexplicably outperformed everybody, if just for a few hours. If he can prove that it wasn't a fluke, he might be a great addition to the bullpen, ala 2013 Smyly. We really need a lefty there.

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I was listening to the game on the radio and we were up 3-0 at the point and on are way to winning the series...according to and the Sirius radio announcers Dan and Jim...I assume we had won game until my phone gave me ESPN update and I caught the end of the scroller which gave the loss the Joba Chamberland. I was at Staples center and I think the Clips were down 27-7 at the time so already it was starting to be a bad day.

How can we lose a series to the Twins???? I saw the highlights later with ball getting over the glove of the left fielder allowing the bases to clear....but why were they loaded with Twins in the first place.

If baseball ever decided to go only seven innings we would be about 30-3. We get a decent bullpen performance about once every three games. In fact I think if we scored about 6 runs a game we would be about 30-3

Hunter is a classy dude. He totally let the ump off the hook for the touch and called himself out for his own behavior.

His leadership in the clubhouse is probably underestimated.

On Porcello's improved figures so far this year:

But Porcello has made a major change in his approach this year, as well, throwing more sliders and fewer curveballs:

2013: 182 sliders, 467 curveballs
2014: 99 sliders, 93 curveballs

Whether it's new pitch selection or simply throwing more strikes, it's an improved Porcello and now a valuable part of the Detroit rotation instead of being the "other guy" behindJustin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Anibal Sanchez.